Outset Media, $29.95
This is your basic board game. You start at “start” and win by reaching “finish” first. In this case, you move one space at the beginning of a turn, and then answer a trivia question from the category corresponding to the space you landed on. If you answer the question correctly, you move another space. Rinse, repeat until you either miss a question or draw a card that ends your turn.
Topics questioned are history, geography, and general. The board also contains several flag spaces that require you to draw a flag card. These cards may help you, hurt you, help another player, or just end your turn. They add a little randomness to the game and can help balance things out. They definitely prevent someone who knows all the answers from winning the game on their first turn - a feature that will keep younger players from becoming discouraged.
The only knock I have on this game is that the “general” category cards (related to American life and culture in general) sometimes included questions about TV shows, movies, or personalities that aren’t necessarily family friendly. All in all, though, this is a good game, although it is more suited for the classroom than the family game room.
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